JP Soars And The Red Hots - Live From The Netherlands

Let’s get the obvious joke out of the way right from the start. JP Soars – he sure does. In fact, he not only soars, he glides, dips, loops around and pretty much works his guitar like an experienced stunt pilot maneuvering a plane.

If Soars’ name is familiar to you, it’s likely for one of two reasons: you’re either from the South Florida area, which the guitarist has called home for two and half decades, or you discovered him in the aftermath of the 2009 International Blues Challenge, where he and his band the Red Hots won appearances at blues festivals across the nation for taking first place. Soars faced stiff competition in Memphis that year – the third-place winners, Ottawa, Canada’s MonkeyJunk, have also since found acclaim and a home on a major blues record label. by Ken Bays